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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To be a prophet means to identify one's concern with what?

2. What does Heschel say about a reliable diagnosis of the prophets' mental health?

3. Why did some scholars reject the idea of pathos?

4. When talking about the inspiration for poetry, who says "One does not ask who gives."

5. Heschel said that some of the beliefs that the prophets were frauds came from an era when people wanted what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is anthropopathy?

2. Describe one theory of the state of mind of the prophets at the time they were receiving the words of God.

3. How does Heschel think much of the Bible should be looked at?

4. How does Heschel explain the beliefs that the prophets were frauds?

5. Why does Heschel call indifference evil?

6. How does Heschel describe God?

7. Describe one view of ecstasy and prophets that Heschel describes.

8. To what does Heschel compare the descriptions of prophecy?

9. Do all scholars agree with Philo's view of ecstasy and the prophets?

10. What is Democritus's view of poets and divine inspiration?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Through their lives and in their prophesies the prophets convey different images or concepts of God. Choose three prophets and compare/contrast their concepts of God.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following prophets: Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Second Isaiah. Discuss the prophet in detail, including who he is, where he came from, what he did, his prophecy, etc.

Essay Topic 3

Describe Heschel's theory of pathos. Discuss what Heschel means when he says that the basis for the relationship of God and man is the divine pathos.

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